This essay is a work in progress.
This is a long, complicated history.
Chicanismo = Mexicanismo in the US Cultural appropriation by Chicano wannabes "Aztec/Mexica danza" Infiltration of northern Native American powwows Turning a blind eye because of blood quantum Racialization of Indigeneity Blood Quantum vs Cultural Connection Fad Indigeneity versus Real Indigeneity Latinidad Anti-Blackness Neo-Mexicas New Age Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, Mexicanidad in the 1950s The self-dissolving "Anti-Imperialist" Colonial Neo-imperial Mexica identity movement Wannabes Flirtation with fascism Who does Mexicanidad benefit? Who funds this? The problem with empire-based identity The damage caused to culturally connected native peoples